Ben Zhong Tang is Stephen K. C. Cheong Professor of Science, Chair Professor of Chemistry,
and Chair Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
at The Hong Kong University of Science &
Technology (HKUST).His research
interests include macromolecular chemistry, materials science, and biomedical
theranostics.His research team is
spearheading the research on aggregation-induced emission (AIE).

Tang received BS and PhD degrees from South China
University of Technology (SCUT) and Kyoto University, respectively.He conducted postdoctoral research at
University of Toronto.He joined HKUST
as an assistant professor in 1994 and was promoted to chair professor in
2008.He was elected to the Chinese
Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in 2009 and 2013,
respectively.

Tang has published >1,100 papers.His publications have been cited >60,000 times, with an h-index of 120.He has been listed by Thomson Reuters as Highly Cited Researcher in both areas of
Chemistry and Materials Science.He
received the State Natural Science Award (1st Class; 2017) from the Chinese
Government, the Scientific and Technological Progress Award from the Ho
Leung Ho Lee Foundation (2017), Senior
Research Fellowship from the Croucher Foundation
(2007), etc.He is now serving as Editor-in-Chief of Materials
Chemistry Frontiers (RSC & CCS).